Lifestyle

Welcome to the Jessica Mitton Lifestyle blog. Here, you can read informative and insightful posts written from a holistic viewpoint. While the foods you put in your body are immensely important for your overall health, a holistic approach also takes into consideration the body, mind and spirit. Read on to get the 'whole' picture!

Every organ in the body gets a rest bar the heart and brain. They tick along twenty-four hours a day for three-hundred and sixty-five days a year. Your heart gets to take a break when you focus on eating healthily and reducing cholesterol and blood pressure. The brain has to grind on regardless. Minds are excellent at dealing with complex scenarios and making them simple. Still, it doesn’t mean they don’t get tired from time to time. When they do, most basic of functions can seem impossible.

It’s important that you know how to deal with stress when it comes up, but it’s also important that you recognise the root causes of that stress and take steps to combat it before it gets worse. These are the most common causes of stress and how you can tackle them.

What is mindfulness? You’ve likely heard of it, and have a rough ideas of what it is. It’s like awareness, right? Well, yes. Mindfulness is the state of being conscious and aware of everything that’s going on around us but that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. True mindfulness is a relatively simple form of meditation that starts with breathing and focusing on the flow of air into and out of the body. Slowly, you expand your consciousness out to the world around you. You are no longer lost in your thoughts, nor are you consumed by them. You feel much more in control of yourself and much less like a train on a track that determines your reality. Psychology Today has a really great overview and tutorial on the subject of mindfulness.

In life, we all come across problems. But when we have these problems and we need help, we feel like we can't ask. But if you are one of those people that is too proud, or you don't even know how to ask for help, it can feel like a very difficult thing to do. In many ways, you feel like you are admitting weakness, but here is why it's not the case…

Love means a lot of different things to different people; some will view in the context of agape whilst others will see it as a meaningful bond between two romantic partners, or family, and perhaps even friends.

There is, however, one component of love that is often overlooked and placed on the backburner… which is that of self-love.

When it comes to start-up businesses, so many people focus on tech, phone apps or consultancy services. But there is a vast market out there for people have food skills or ideas. Think about it for a moment everyone eats, and in 2018 there are more people interested in eating ethically sourced, vegan friendly or allergy aware food from smaller companies. The joy of strolling through a farmer market or getting a delivery of your favorite indie brand chocolate is fantastic.